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Siri, is this a win for feminism? Apple's default voice no longer a woman

Siri has been criticized as embodying several facets of gender bias in artificial intelligence

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Eleonore Fournier-Tombs | TheConversation
As of March 31, 2021, when Apple released the iOs 14.5 beta update to its operating system, Siri no longer defaults to a female voice when using American English. Users must now choose between two male and two female voices when enabling the voice assistant. This move could be interpreted as a response to the backlash against the gender bias embodied by Siri
But how meaningful is this change really?
Siri has been criticized as embodying several facets of gender bias in artificial intelligence. Digital sociologists Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy argue that Siri, along with

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